LOC: Code 20
My take on the Level of Concern ARG
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Invite to my Discord with a channel for working on the code (no spam, calm work)
THE FOUR KEYWORDS
File with the message: https://d2hua6cusslj16.cloudfront.net/page.min.css
Here's the message:
/* \u004b\u0045\u0059\u0057\u004f\u0052\u0044 \u0031\u003a \u0053\u0048\u0045\u0044 \u0046\u0041\u004c\u004c \u004d\u0041\u0052\u004b \u0054\u0049\u0047\u0048\u0054 */
/* 4b 45 59 57 4f 52 44 20 32 3a 20 53 48 4f 43 4b 20 54 41 53 54 45 20 53 48 41 56 45 20 4d 41 54 48 */
/* XRLJBEQ 3: CBJRE JNFU FGBEZ PUVYQ */
/* KO4IW·LOEWR·:SD·ALBL·ROYD·ELAPF */
The first line is decodable with http://ddecode.com/hexdecoder/ and translates to:
KEYWORD 1: SHED FALL MARK TIGHT
The second line is decodable with https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/number/hex-to-ascii.html and translates to:
KEYWORD 2: SHOCK TASTE SHAVE MATH
The third line is encoded with ROT-13 and translates to:
KEYWORD 3: POWER WASH STORM CHILD
KEYWORD 4: I DIDN'T SOLVE THIS ONE
THE BINARY
Next, go to https://ineedyoutotellmewerealrighttellmewereokay.com/
The password is lvlcnrn
Put in any name, then type Water After Brain Fire
You'll get binary code (below).
sys> Enter Passcode:
usr> lvlcnrn
sys> What is your name?
usr> john
sys> Recorded
sys> Let's see how well you are paying attention...
sys> I am looking for KEYWORD1, KEYWORD2 and KEYWORD3.
sys> KEYWORD 1 is what H becomes before it emerges as O.
sys> KEYWORD 2 is the longest diagonal.
sys> KEYWORD 3 will be posted by password.
sys> When you have all three, come back here and enter them in order, separated by spaces. Good luck.
john> water after brain fire
sys> 00111001001000000011010001111000001100100010000000110010001000000011100000100000001100000010000000110000001000000011100101111000001100110010000000110110011110000011001100100000001110000111100000110010001000000011000000100000001100000010000000110111011110000011010000100000001100110111100000110010001000000011001101111000001100100010000000110101011110000011001000100000001100000010000000110000001000000011100100100000001101000111100000110011001000000011010101111000001100110010000000110101011110000011001100100000001100000010000000110000001000000011001001111000001100100010000000110011011110000011001000100000001100000010000000110000001000000011001101111000001100110010000000110110011110000011001100100000001110000111100000110010001000000011011001111000001100100010000000110011001000000011000000100000001100000010000000111000011110000011001000100000001101100111100000110010001000000011001100100000001100110111100000110010001000000011011101111000001100110010000000110110011110000011001000100000001100110111100000110010001000000011001000100000001110000010000000110100011110000011001000100000001110000010000000110100011110000011001000100000001100110111100000110010001000000011011101111000001101000010000000111000011110000011001000100000001101110111100000110011001000000011001101111000001100110010000000110010001000000011001001111000001100110010000000110011011110000011001000100000001100110111100000110011001000000011010001111000001100110010000000110110011110000011001000100000001100100010000000110101011110000011001100100000001100110111100000110010001000000011010100100000001101110010000000110100
translates to:
THE PHONE KEYPAD
9 4x2 2 8 0 0 9x3 6x3 8x2 0 0 7x4 3x2 3x2 5x2 0 0 9 4x3 5x3 5x3 0 0 2x2 3x2 0 0 3x3 6x3 8x2 6x2 3 0 0 8x2 6x2 3 3x2 7x3 6x2 3x2 2 8 4x2 8 4x2 3x2 7x4 8x2 7x3 3x3 2 2x3 3x2 3x3 4x3 6x2 2 5x3 3x2 5 7 4
nakpin#3005 on Discord:
9 4x2 2 8 0 0 9x3 6x3 8x2 0 0 7x4 3x2 3x2 5x2 0 0 9 4x3 5x3 5x3 0 0 2x2 3x2 0 0 3x3 6x3 8x2 6x2 3 0 0 8x2 6x2 3 3x2 7x3 6x2 3x2 2 8 4x2 8 4x2 3x2 7x4 8x2 7x3 3x3 2 2x3 3x2 3x3 4x3 6x2 2 5x3 3x2 5 7 49 4x2 2 8 0 0 9x3 6x3 8x2 0 0 7x4 3x2 3x2 5x2 0 0 9 4x3 5x3 5x3 0 0 2x2 3x2 0 0 3x3 6x3 8x2 6x2 3 0 0 8x2 6x2 3 3x2 7x3 6x2 3x2 2 8 4x2 8 4x2 3x2 7x4 8x2 7x3 3x3 2 2x3 3x2 3x3 4x3 6x2 2 5x3 3x2 5 7 4
type in the numbers, with "x2", "x3" being number of presses on one key on a phone keyboard
"what you seek will be found underneath the surface find jpg"
USB 5 (AGAIN)
JPG is the QR code in USB5 - vipie2000#1337
The QR code goes to the Official Music Video for LOC on YouTube.
And here's where I got stuck :P
Chat on both reddit and discord is going too fast, I can't access where people are making real efforts to decode.
I like cryptography and would be happy to keep working if others calm down and we work together.
Reddit says:
LOC-512-134-13XXX - if you get the usbs that the "F""I""N""A""L""E" jpgs come from and put those usb numbers in, there's only 3 characters left
Some tips:
501c3 is a type of charity. Most likely unrelated to the code.
Mailing Address means where you live.
The submission page is HTTPS on the official website, it's safe.
You can DM me on discord.
I've found that the website is storing a cookie list of all the keys you've entered so far. This could mean that you need to have previously entered all 19 keys before key 20 will work.
This code: LOC-175-510-21TOP doesn't seem to do anything. Why do people keep saying it?
JUNE 22ND? WHAT IS IT? IS IT FAKE?
People are saying that there was a code for the 22nd in here: https://usb.twentyonepilots.com/js/bundle-ddf033fe58bcc072ced2585e37505ddd.js
That message is an error code for when they close the site, I don't think we were supposed to find it yet!
"ERROR_SUBMITTING_DISABLED:"Congratulations. While this feels like the end, it most certainly is not. We still have a few surprises up our sleeves. Mark your calendar for 6.22.2020. This time it's not about us... it's about you.",ERROR_IP:"Submission already exists from this IP address.",ERROR_GENERIC:"Network Error.",THANK_YOU:"Thank you. While this feels like the end, it most certainly is not. We still have a few surprises up our sleeves. Mark your calendar for 6.22.2020. This time it's not about us... it's about you."}"
That's the error, explained.
THE LIES
https://twitter.com/LOC_TOP_USB - Fake code. Has been brute forced and there's no way it can be real.
https://twitter.com/TYLERRPHOBIC/status/1272598238089089024 - It's paused! no it isn't! see HERE
MISCELLANEOUS
People are also saying:
KEYWORD 1: WATERSHED WATERFALL WATERMARK WATERTIGHT
KEYWORD 2: AFTERSHOCK AFTERTASTE AFTERSHAVE AFTERMATH
KEYWORD 3: BRAINPOWER BRAINWASH BRAINSTORM BRAINCHILD
KEYWORD 4: FIRESIDE FIREWALL FIREBALL FIREPROOF
As of 1:55PM: (thanks peaspice#8569)
K4: FIRESIDE FIREWALL FIREBALL FIREPROOF
at 1:19 in the video numbers show up next to joshs arm (1862, 1864, 1866, 1868)
the description of my blood is missing the words day, of, and allReddit figured out that part of code 20 is LOC-941-343 but this isn't verified, and due to the nature of live chat, it's hard to find out who cracked this and how.many people are mentioning the binary and its connection to morph, but it think its a cute little reference, not super important.the violation message is from dma.org. i don't consider it relevant.